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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Consultant for a feasibility study on UNESCO biosphere observatories (Deadline extended!)

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August 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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The UNIDO-WTCA Blue Economy Global Call 2026

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July 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Small island nations face climate-induced ‘catastrophe’, warn experts

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/10/small-island-nations-face-climate-induced-catastrophe-warn-experts

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December 10, 2024 at 5:13 AM
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Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands

#RisingSeaLevels #SolomonIslands #COP30 #SmallIslandNations
Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands
Morning light spreads over Sikaiana, a remote atoll in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific where the ocean both sustains life and threatens it.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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The leader of climate-vulnerable Palau wants US President Donald Trump to come snorkelling with him to understand the “slow death” caused by climate change, he told AFP in an interview on Wednesday.
#ClimateChange #Palau #SmallIslandNations
Snorkel with me to understand climate change, Palau president tells Trump • Muser Press
The leader of climate-vulnerable Palau wants US President Donald Trump to come snorkelling with him to understand the "slow death" caused by climate change,
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March 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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This reflection ties ocean stewardship to cosmic wonder, arguing small-island nations uniquely understand fragility and vastness as companions

A call to see planetary care and exploration as one moral task, not competing priorities.

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Between the Reef and the Stars - A reflection on humanity’s twin longings
VICTORIA, Seychelles, September 4 (IPS) - There is an older wisdom, quieter than the noise of our times, that whispers a simple truth: we are not the architects of nature, only its guests. Long before there were nations, economies, or even language, there was the pulse of the tide, the patience of coral, the breath of forests exchanging air with the sky. Into that ancient conversation we arrived — late, curious, and forgetful — mistaking our cleverness for sovereignty and our tools for wings.
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September 4, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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The United Nations’ top court will start unprecedented hearings on Monday aimed at setting legal guidelines for how countries should protect the planet against #ClimateChange and help vulnerable nations combat its devastating impact. #ICJ #SmallIslandNations
Landmark climate case to open at top UN court • MUSER PRESS
By Jan HENNOP The Hague, Netherlands | AFP - The United Nations' top court will start unprecedented hearings on Monday aimed at setting legal guideline ...
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December 2, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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And good to see some folks at Cop30 aren't worried about what the US' "supreme leader" thinks. It's a disgrace we aren't there.

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #atolls #belem #brazil #climatechange #cop30 #disgrace #gavinnewsom #lula #parisagreement #smallislandnations #southpacific #tuvalu
South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at Cop30
Minister from islands facing extinction is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s climate policies
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Rich countries, island states lock horns on climate change at UN court @sightmagazine.bsky.social #WorldCourt #ICJ #climatechange #smallislandnations #ParisAgreement

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Rich countries, island states lock horns on climate change at UN court - Sight Magazine
The World Court concludes hearings on countries' legal obligation to fight climate change and whether large states should be liable.
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December 13, 2024 at 11:24 PM